July 12 - We went to have Kacee's TB test read. After the nurse poked at it and marked it and measured it, she finally declared it to be negative. Afterwards, we went to the pearl store and bought a necklace and earrings for Kacee. Then we went to the government store and bought a jade pendant for her, too.
July 13 - Our guide went to the Consulate appointment and everything was fine. We also took the red couch pictures with Kacee. We were the only ones traveling from our agency, so it was just her in the pictures.
July 14 - We went to the Consulate for the swearing-in.
July 15 - Our guide delivered all of the paper work to us!! We packed up and got ready to leave China.
July 16 - We left the hotel at 5:45 AM. (This was 4:45 PM Thursday Houston time.) We arrived home in Houston at about 11:15 PM Friday night and walked in the door at home at about midnight. We were met at airport by Hutson, Kayla, and Kylie. Our friends Debbie, Rick, and Alana were also there. They brought Kacee some balloons and a stuffed animal. Donna's family were there to greet us also.
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The day after we got home, we went on a family outing and ride the train at the zoo. We did not walk around the zoo, just rode the train. Kacee, Kenzie, and Karli really enjoyed the train ride. On Sunday, Kacee made her debut at church where everyone wanted to see her; she did well and even enjoyed the nursery (with me in there with her). We had a busy first week: Keaton had nature camp, we went shopping a few times, out to eat, 2 doctor appointments, went to church 3 times, our family came to visit her, and Kylie and Keaton had friends over to play.
As for how Kacee is doing, she fits in well with our family. She is a go-with-the-flow type of person, which is good with 5 other siblings. God really knew what He was doing when He orchestrated the events for us to adopt Kacee. We really could not have asked for a better addition to the family. She eats any food she is given. She does not complain about waking up. She plays for hours quietly. She can say "mama" and "no." She likes to "sing" when she is playing. She is very observant and can already work our IPad after watching one of the kids play on it.
After adopting Karli, I was prepared for some behaviors that we would have to work on, such as hitting, biting, kicking, tantrums, etc. However, none of these have ever showed themselves. I'm not saying she is perfect, cause she's not. However, it is very rare that she cries because she is throwing a fit. And she has not tried any aggressive behaviors. She will say "no" when she doesn't want one of the other girls to play with something. She will cry if they take her toy. She cries at bedtime because she wants to stay up. However, she doesn't cry long or loudly. She has a very weak, quiet cry.
The pediatrician says everything looks good. We went to the ENT on Thursday, and we have an appointment with an ear specialist this coming Thursday. Hopefully, he will schedule an CAT Scan that will map her inner ears and can test her hearing.
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